Where Dr. King Stood, Tea Party Claims His Mantle  —  WASHINGTON — It seems the ultimate thumb in the eye: that Glenn Beck would summon the Tea Party faithful to a rally on the anniversary of the March on Washington, and address them from the very place where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his …

Statement From NRA-PVF Chairman Chris W. Cox On The 2010 Nevada U.S. Senate Race  —  In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will be announcing endorsements and candidate ratings in hundreds of federal races, as well as thousands of state legislative races.

AK-Sen: Stay Classy, Joe Miller!  —  Joe Miller tweets: … UPDATE: I see that Joe Miller quickly pulled the plug on that tweet.  But don't worry, James Hell has the screenshot!  —  LATER UPDATE: The Murkowski campaign is furious:

Nobody Could Have Predicted  —  One point I haven't seen made about the troubles of the US economy is that the timing of recent growth tells you a lot about what was — and what wasn't — wrong with economic policy.  —  After all, we had more or less a consensus view about when the stimulus would kick in …

The Death of Conservatism Was Greatly Exaggerated  —  In 2008 liberals proclaimed the collapse of Reaganism.  Two years later the idea of limited government is back in vogue.  —  Last August left little doubt that a conservative revival was underway.  Constituents packed town-hall meetings across …

Obama: ‘The war is ending,’ fulfilling campaign pledge  —  President Obama vowed Saturday that all U.S. troops will return home from Iraq by the end of next year, completing his 2008 campaign promise to end the war.  —  The military has already pulled out roughly 90,000 troops since early last year.

EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue  —  EPA rejects attempt to regulate lead in bullets after NRA protests  —  In a swift and unexpected decision, the Environmental Protection Agency today rejected a petition from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in bullets and shotgun shells …

One in four lap dancers has a degree, study finds  —  ‘Women motivated by career and economic choices, not coercion,’ says report  —  The first academic research project into lap dancing has found that, rather than being uneducated young women who have been coerced into the industry …

With Paterson, the Simple Facts Can Get Complicated  —  A thoroughly honest politician has pretty much always been considered an undiscovered species.  But for Gov. David A. Paterson, the distinction between the truth and an untruth can get unusually murky.

Financier's Largess Shows G.O.P.'s Wall St. Support  —  At a black-tie dinner in April, a politically influential hedge fund manager named Paul Singer offered a blistering critique of the “terrible path” he said Washington politicians were charting on economic issues.

Outrage: Pentagon Grants Five States Waivers from MOVE Act  —  Protecting the rights of active duty military to have their vote counted is apparently not a priority for this administration.  —  In Washington, politicians always like to release bad news on a Friday, as fewer people notice.

U.S. officials refute Christie on attempt to fix Race to the Top application during presentation  —  TRENTON — When New Jersey failed to win up to $400 million in federal education money, Gov. Chris Christie blamed Washington bureaucrats, saying they refused to allow the state to fix a simple error in its application.